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Media advisory

Reaching every child: GAVI Alliance Partners’ Forum

What:Over 700 global health and government leaders will gather at the upcoming Partners’ Forum in Dar es Salaam to explore ways to accelerate Results, Innovation, Sustainability and Equity in the field of immunization.

How: GAVI has arranged for press conferences and other key meetings to be webcast live. Please see details at the top of this advisory.

MEDIA MATERIALS: A press kit and press releases will be distributed to media at the Partners’ Forum and will be posted on www.gavialliance.org.

A b-roll of the Partners’ Forum and previous GAVI initiative will be available for interested broadcasters at: www.gavivideo.org

About GAVIThe GAVI Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing access to immunisation in developing countries. The Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other private philanthropists. GAVI uses innovative finance mechanisms, including co-financing by recipient countries, to secure sustainable funding and adequate supply of quality vaccines. Since 2000, GAVI has financed the immunisation of an additional 370 million children and prevented more than 5.5 million premature deaths. Learn more at www.gavialliance.org and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

About UNICEFUNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. For more information about UNICEF and its work visit: www.unicef.org